Day and night tour

Chapter 192 Get rid of Gu Ling
"Favoritism?"

The painful scholar tilted his head to look at Gu Ling. He remembered that Gu Ling had not been so strong recently.

Perhaps Gu Ling used to be quite strong in the Bone Elders Association, even too strong, and would confront anyone she disliked.

Geniuses are often like this, very proud and arrogant in nature, and their every move reveals their arrogance.

But reality taught Gu Ling a lesson, that is, her incense had stagnated and she could not make any progress no matter what.

From that day on, Gu Ling suddenly became obedient, and of course her status in the Bone Elders Association also plummeted.

Inviting Gu Ling to the gathering at night, to put it bluntly, was just to use her as a mascot, since she holds the title of "divine communion".

Who would have thought that she would dare to speak, and the one who refuted her was the suffering scholar.

"You said I favor the Monument King?" the suffering scholar repeated.

"nature."

Gu Ling tilted her head slightly and said,

"I gave the "Tongshen" domino to Zhou Xuan. When facing the Monument King, he also showed the domino. Under such circumstances, the Monument King still dared to take action. The Monument King did not take me, the "Tongshen", seriously."

"Master Tongshen, the Monument King has been dissatisfied with you for a long time. In terms of the level of incense, the Monument King is not much different from you. In terms of mysterious knowledge, he is also the same as you. Why is he suppressed by you?"

Dead people are sometimes more useful than living people.

The master of the temple made sarcastic remarks in the name of the King of Monuments. Not only was his sarcasm on point, he was also not afraid of Gu Ling causing trouble. After all, it was the King of Monuments who said it, so if you are unhappy, you can go to him.

"It sounds like you, Master, are also dissatisfied with me."

Gu Ling lit a ball of dark blue flame and shone it on her chest. Through the flame, everyone could see the incense in her secret realm - the incense was very strong.
When Gu Ling urged it, the fire on the incense head was even a little dazzling. This was the brightness of the incense when it burned rapidly.

"Forehead……"

The master of the temple squinted his eyes and looked carefully for a long time to make sure that he was not seeing things.

The scholar was almost biting his teeth, but he finally forced a smile and congratulated Gu Ling.
"Congratulations on the rekindling of the incense of "Tongshen". I have said it before, "Tongshen" is gifted, and the incense will not stop just like that."

Among the four great priesthoods, the Scholar of Pain ranks last. Gu Ling is young and lacks prestige, so he ranks third.

Taking advantage of the fact that Gu Ling's incense had stopped burning, the suffering scholar was about to get rid of the hat of "the youngest" and climbed up, but when he was halfway up, he was kicked down by someone.

"Master, are you convinced now?"

For the sake of the Lord's face, he refused to agree, but since Gu Ling had regained his greatest support in becoming a "Shen", she could continue to put pressure on him.

He had no choice but to clasp his fists, then lower his head and remain silent.

Qing Feng stood up and said to Gu Ling, "Tongshen, tonight's matter concerns the reputation of the City God. Please conduct a thorough investigation from top to bottom to see if we are colluding with the kidnapper."

The abbot and the scholar of pain clenched their fists so hard that they made a loud banging sound. They both wanted to kill Qingfeng on the spot to prevent this stubborn second in command of the City God from constantly giving them trouble.

Qingfeng understood the infiltration of the kidnappers among the City God and the Bone Elders, but he was unwilling to go along with them.

Now, I can take advantage of the gathering to give the boss a good scolding and vent my anger.

Qingfeng can see the situation clearly. Gu Ling, who hangs around in the "Metropolis" every day, is more well-informed and can see things even more clearly.

Now, Gu Ling regained the right to speak in the meeting and began to make decisions. She first motioned Qingfeng to sit down, and then said in an orderly manner,
"When the King of Monuments saw my dominoes, he still attacked me. This shows that he has a rebellious heart and is going against our Bone Elders Association. He deserves to die.
Lu Yusheng, in collusion with the kidnapper, killed innocent people indiscriminately in Dongshi Street. Such people are the scum of the city god and deserve to die.

Old Gu will not pursue the death of the two of them. If Qingfeng and Guanzhu want to seek revenge on Master Jian and Master Hua out of brotherhood, that is their private matter, and Old Gu will not interfere.
However, they are not allowed to seek revenge in the name of Gu Lao, Cheng Huang, or You Shen Si. If they pretend to obey but actually disobey, and gather all the forces of the hall to retaliate, they will be imprisoned in Gu Lao prison and punished with cruel punishment.

Master, Qingfeng, do you agree?"

"Agree!" Qingfeng responded in a loud voice.

Anyway, he would not seek revenge. Bei Wang and Lu Yusheng were not on the same page with him.

What does the death of those two have to do with Qingfeng?
"I agree."

The master of the temple responded weakly.

Gu Ling's board is too weird. It is forbidden to seek revenge in the gang, but it is allowed to seek revenge privately.
What's the point of seeking personal revenge?
If the master of the temple doesn't ask the people in the hall for help, how can he deal with Lord Jian and Lord Hua?

Not to mention that the Pingshui Prefecture's Parade of Gods is a huge iron plate, and behind it are Jiu Da Ren, Zhen Shan, Ping Xiang... a whole bunch of people.

The master of the temple was also afraid of being nailed like a hedgehog.

"Since there is no objection, then do as Tongshen says."

The painful scholar went from being the person in charge to someone who "echoed and made the final decision", and his momentum was weakened a lot.

"Of course, the death of the Mingjiang Mansion's Wandering God is a matter of shame after all. We must pick up this face..."

The witch Shang Wenjun's expression changed. It sounded like they were going to cause trouble for Zhou Lingyi from the hall?
"Since Lord Hua is my man, I will take on the reputation of the murderer and spread it to the world, and I will save my face."

The Old Temple is the hall of Mingjiang Prefecture. The hall of Mingjiang Prefecture killed the Mingjiang Prefecture's parade gods. This is an internal struggle, which is better than outsiders killing their own people.

"You don't have to take the blame, old master. I killed the Monument King." Shang Wenjun said, "The Monument King disobeyed the Divine Bone Card, so I, the Night Master, took action to clear the door. If the temple master wants revenge, he can come to me. I'm always here to serve you."

"That's the best." Gu Ling said to the master, "Finally, Qingfeng has some truth in what he said. For the sake of the reputation of the City God, we should investigate from top to bottom. Master, you should take on the responsibility of supervision."

Qingfeng was surprised. Why was the inspector not him but the temple master?

Gu Ling has her own considerations. If a tough guy like Qingfeng becomes an inspector, won’t the City God investigate everything thoroughly?

The system of the City God is huge, with twelve incense masters alone. They are deeply connected with the kidnappers, so they have to be cleansed slowly. If the action is too big, people like Lu Yusheng, the master of the temple, and the king of the stele will be in big trouble once they are forced to stick together.

Letting the temple master be the patrol will not cause any big trouble, and at the same time, in order to get the job done, at least he can tie up a few city gods to get the job done.

A little bit of money is still money, so make as many as you can. It will not only reduce the master's strength, but also his prestige.

"Okay, today's matter regarding Lu Yusheng and the King of Monuments has been finalized. Does anyone have any objections? If not, then it's finalized."

After asking, Gu Ling glanced around and saw that no one spoke, so she knocked lightly on the conference table to indicate that the matter was settled.

"The rest is the appointment of positions. The positions of the Armored Incense Master, the Night Patrol God, and the City God have been vacated. Someone has to take up the responsibility."

"The night patrol god will be held by our hall's wind flag, Gangfeng. Gangfeng is steady and calm, and the incense sticks rose to six a year ago. He hates evil and hates evil, so he is suitable for this position."

The abbot proposed the candidate.

Shang Wenjun rejected it on the spot, and said something to poke the master's lungs: "Master, the Monument King just made a big mistake and was arrested, and you, the City God, are trying to put someone in the Parade of Gods? You are not going to put in another traitor who is against Master Gu, are you?"

"Don't be too aggressive with your words."

"The selection of the Night Patrol Gods must be made by our sect."

As soon as Shang Wenjun made the suggestion, the abbot started arguing with her, and both sides argued back and forth, each holding their own opinion.

Although the Youshen Division has a heavy workload, it receives many magical instruments, forbidden tools, ancient books, and talisman scriptures dictated by masters from the Jing Kingdom every year.

The first three are all fine, but the talisman scriptures are quite precious, and most of the ones that were dictated are incomplete. The hall has more disciples in the Youshen Division, and there is strength in numbers. The talisman scriptures that were dictated might be able to be compiled into a complete set.

The complete set of talisman scripture. If it is a talisman scripture of the "increase in incense burning" type, it can directly remove all the "traps" in the incense burning channel of the hall.

If it is the "predicting the future" type, you can know the future crises of the hall in advance and eliminate them in advance.

The importance of the talisman scripture concerns the entire hall.

Even the uncompetitive priestess would not give up an inch of space when it comes to a spot in the Parade of the Gods.

"It would be better if the young master's incense was of a higher level." Gu Ling thought, but soon she gave up the idea.

The quota for the parade of gods in Mingjiang Prefecture has never been allowed to be taken by anyone other than the witches, the city gods, and the bone elders.

Shang Wenjun and the City God have been arguing, each saying that he is right and the other saying that he is right. In the end, even the scholars couldn't stand it anymore.
He suggested: "The night patrol will be temporarily carried out by Master Tongshen, and the specific candidates will be decided by the "Si Chen" and "Zhong Guan" when the Bone Elders' Association gathers. "

Si Chen and Zhong Guan are the other two major priests of the Bone Elders Association. They are preparing for this month's Bone Elders Assembly today and have no time to come. "The great scholar has a point." Gu Ling agreed with the painful scholar this time. Otherwise, if the argument continues like this, there will be no conclusion for three days and three nights.

The position of the Night Watchman has come to an end for the time being.

Regarding the position of the third in command of the City God, Qingfeng and the temple master have similar ideas, and the position will be held by "Ganfeng" with the wind flag.

On the contrary, it is the least important person, the Armored Incense Master, who is quite controversial.

Li Chengfeng proposed a candidate on the grounds that "Zhang Yifeng executed Lu Yuxiang, and it just so happened that Zhang Yifeng would be the Jiaxiang holder."

The master of the temple disagrees.

The Armored Incense Master is the highest-ranking person in the City God's external affairs, except for the three heads.

The abbot wants to find one of his own to be the master, otherwise how can he make money?

"I think Teacher Li's suggestion is good." Gu Ling also said in a firm voice.

"I think it's good too." Qingfeng knew that the night watchmen were basically honest. As the leader of the night watchmen, Zhang Yifeng, the "order maker", was one of the people he admired.

"Zhang Yifeng does not have enough experience. Although his incense is good, he lacks training."

This time, the abbot insisted again and again, and at the same time gave a look to the suffering scholar.

"It won't have a big impact if one of the twelve incense masters is missing. Let's just leave it as it is. When the temple master and Qingfeng agree on a suitable candidate, we will finalize it." The painful scholar chimed in.

Gu Ling did not insist and knocked on the table: "It's getting late, everyone go home and rest first."

……

All the participants dispersed, and it was almost dawn.

The master walked around the Liyuan Building several times alone, and then went to the post office across the street, where he stood and smoked.

A black Gintama car stopped in front of him, and the driver got out quickly and opened the back door for him.

The master of the temple got in the car. The miserable scholar smoked a cigar and said with a wry smile: "Xiao Yu, you have had a bad year recently."

"Who knows what evil method Gu Ling found to light the incense again."

“Our control is fading.”

The miserable scholar sighed, recalling the scenes of him and the temple master calling the wind and rain among the bones and the city gods over the years, and he felt even more "sad and miserable" in his heart.

"Are we really going to just let the death of Monument King and Lu Yusheng go like this?"

"It's no longer a problem for Bei Wang and Lu Yusheng. Guaizi has been too aggressive in recent years... Although the rewards they give us are also generous... But it has caused us to make too many enemies. I'm afraid the fire will burn us."

The Scholar of Pain spoke of this, patted the back of the master's hand, changed the subject, and said: "Remember the noodle shop in Shijiupu? The owner died of illness two years ago. The noodles cooked by the owner's son were lumpy and tasteless. I didn't expect that the son had improved his skills, and the noodles tasted better than before. Let's go have a bowl together?"

"Go ahead." The master of the temple couldn't let go of the things that were bothering him, but he didn't want to offend the other party.

……

The Scholar of Pain is twelve years older than the Master. He is the Master's teacher of mysticism and the benefactor who changed his destiny.

Once in the remote Yujia Village in Mingjiang Prefecture, a scholar saw the talent of the master of the temple. He not only brought him to the city of Mingjiang Prefecture, but also helped the master find a city god master.

Over the years, the childless scholar treated the master of the temple as his own son.

"Xiao Yu, how does the noodles taste?" The suffering scholar was looking forward to compliments.

"Okay."

The master was absent-minded.

"I know what you are thinking. Times have changed. Every era belongs to the young. Gu Ling is very young.

Since she joined, the Bone Elders Association has undergone many subtle changes. These changes are so slow and gentle that we cannot see them. But after a long time, by the time we notice them, we can no longer control them. "

The suffering scholar added: "We also have to change, but not to become young and arrogant, but to become old and afraid of death.

We need to move our business with kidnappers to a more covert level, and on the surface, we need to put on a noble and righteous face. "

"Pretend to be noble? I can't pretend."

The master of the temple began to eat the noodles wholeheartedly.

The suffering scholar was also unable to do anything about the master. He knew that the master was a stubborn and violent person, and it would take time to change his mind.

The driver handed the suffering scholar a newspaper at the right time.

"Master, take a look at the morning paper."

The painful scholar quickly browsed the newspaper, flipping through it continuously and reading the entire newspaper.

As an old scholar, he has an amazing reading speed.

"Xiao Yu, the death of King Bei and Lu Yusheng may not be a bad thing."

……

After the two got back into the car, the Scholar of Pain placed the newspaper in front of the Master and said, "This may be the best time for us to make a change."

The temple master picked up the newspaper and saw Zhang Yifeng's photo on the front page.

In the photo, Zhang Yifeng looked upright and his eyes clearly said - "I will never tolerate evil."

"Humph, I don't know what kind of shit luck Zhang Yifeng had, to be used as a typical example for publicity."

"Why does this newspaper praise our City God so highly, as if he is some upright and righteous person? It makes me blush."

"What evil wind has the newspaper spread that dares to report on kidnappers so extensively? Is your neck itchy and you want to be chopped off?"

The suffering scholar read the newspaper very deeply and even saw the enemy behind the newspaper. He said to the master,
"Our control has declined greatly. This is the Thief Gang targeting us. On the surface, it is praising us, but in fact it is putting us in moral shackles. In addition, reporting on kidnappers is forcing us to draw a clear line between ourselves and them. The person who edited this newspaper should be Duan Qinglan."

The thief owns the largest newspaper company in Mingjiang Prefecture and has a printing factory behind him. Most of Mingjiang's newspapers come from his printing factory.

The newspaper dared to target the City God and portray Lu Yusheng as a "traitor to the City God". Without the permission of the Thieves' Gang, such a newspaper could not be printed.

The Painful Scholar had come into contact with Siming, and he had a low opinion of him, evaluating him as: a stupid person with good karma.

The layout of this newspaper has ulterior motives, and it is not something that a rough guy like Siming could come up with.

"The witch, the thief, the Pingshui Prefecture's Wandering God Division, even the City God's Qingfeng, Gu Lao's Gu Ling, and Duan Qinglan are all targeting us. We have made too many enemies, so we might as well pretend to blend in with them first."

This time the master was finally persuaded and asked, "How do we integrate?"

"Gu Ling, Qing Feng and Li Cheng Feng all suggested that Zhang Yi Feng be the Armored Incense Master, so we will do what they want and help him take the position.

Gu Ling asked you to be a patrol officer, so you should give her a good answer sheet. Find some city gods with dirty tricks, pay them a resettlement fee, and let them be the report cards. When they die, the lucrative positions will be vacant, and you can put the night watchmen in there.

From top to bottom, they put on a show, and then let the kidnappers restrain themselves for a few months, wait until the storm has completely passed, and then let the kidnappers make a comeback in a low-key manner.
From now on, we will no longer sell low-end "human goods", but only high-end goods, and kidnap people with high spiritual levels to kill. In this way, we will kill fewer people, but earn much less money. "

The master thought for a long time and said, "No, this is admitting defeat. We haven't come to this point yet. Dad, you still have a way. If you can handle Li Chengfeng, you can definitely handle Gu Ling."

"This isn't giving up, this is temporarily avoiding the spotlight. And just because I can handle Li Chengfeng doesn't mean I can handle Gu Ling."

"If you can't handle it, I'll do it. Gu Ling's popularity is increasing rapidly, but she's only a little over six incense sticks. Just kill her!"

The master listened to the advice of the suffering scholar, but only listened to a little bit...

ps: Good brothers, the second update is here, two updates with 9,000 words, mua.

(End of this chapter)